The following bursaries are on offer:The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) announces, via its Endowment for the National Arts, the SAMRO Music Bursaries for 2013. These Bursaries are the most substantial awards in music study in Southern Africa and are open to citizens of South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. Applicants should be registered for a music degree / diploma at a South African University in 2013. Applications will only be accepted once students have proof of registration for 2013.
1.General Music Study: Western Art or Jazz Popular or African Indigenous Music genres (R10 000 each) available to students in their 1st and 2nd years
2. Music Education OR Community Music Study (R10 000 each) available to students majoring in of these specialized courses in their 3rd and 4th years
3. Music Technology OR Music Business (R10 000 each) available to students majoring in one of these specialized courses in their 3rd and 4th years
4. Performance Study: Western Art or Jazz Popular or African Indigenous Music genres (R10 000 each) available to students majoring in performance study in their 3rd and 4th years
5. Composition Study (R10 000 each) available to students majoring in music composition in their 3rd, 4th and postgraduate years
6. Indigenous African Music Research (R10 000 each) for post-graduate research students at Honours, Masters or Doctoral level.
Closing date: 1 March 2013.
How to apply
All SAMRO Music Bursary Application Forms can be downloaded from the SAMRO website – forms will be available from 3 December 2012.
Contact details:
SAMRO Foundation
PO Box 31609
Braamfontein
2017
Tel: 011 712 8417
Email: naseema.yusuf@samro.org.za.
Facebook: Samro Foundation
Twitter: @samrofoundation
Source: Ambassadors Youth & Community Development